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The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Ray Allan Kenny titled "Archaeological investigations at the Willows Beach site, southeastern Vancouver Island." 1974. xxii, 460 leaves: illus., tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Calgary, 1975. Bibliography: leaves 454-460. Canadian theses on microfiche, 23760.

the item is a travelogue film. "An animated curtain rises to reveal waves washing in on a sandy beach. [Long shot of] Hatley Park castle from pond at bottom the garden, a rowboat passing by. "Princess Kathleen", CPR ferry, arrives in Victoria's Inner Harbour with visitors crowding the decks. [Close-up of] passengers along the rails as ship passes. Empress Hotel over the after deck of the "Kathleen". Passengers leave the ship, down gangways into a shed. Car driving along ramp out of a ferry named the "Olympic", under a sign reading: "Come again, Au revoir. For information apply Victoria Publicity Bureau." Several other cars disembark. Good aerial view of Inner Harbour, Customs House, CPR ferries and etc. from top of Parliament Buildings; pans across to Empress Hotel. Sign on a building reads: "New England Cafe -? ? ? - Ask anybody". Also good [long shot of] old Post Office, Belmont Building, streetcar passing on Causeway. A man and a girl examine a rose bush in the Empress garden. Ladies in Mayor Pendray's topiary garden look at a sitting bear, a fat bird, a bird's roost, etc. CPR ferry in [background]. Old codgers lawn bowling. Oak Bay golf course with golfers and CPR ferry sailing by in [background]. Swimming and diving in the Crystal Gardens. "Empress of Japan" in Esquimalt dry dock. Shot down Moss Street (?) with Olympic Mountains in distance. Mount Baker in far distance from Malahat overlooking Pat Bay. Car driving over Malahat Drive -- several shots including one down Finlayson Arm. A car travelling through the forest over a dirt road; a man & woman walk through ferns beneath the trees. Two couples hold hands around the base of a large tree. Car continues through forest. A speedboat, perhaps on Cowichan Lake. A gracious tea being served outdoors by a maid dressed in black, somewhere on the Oak Bay Golf Course, with the ocean & Olympic mountains in [background]. Curtain comes down over beach scene from beginning of film." (Colin Browne)

Stock shots. 1. Synagogue; church steeple; church exteriors. 2. Beaconville Apartments. 3. Congregation Emanuel Temple (Canada's oldest synagogue) being restored. 4. Unidentified interview [Rabbi or architect?]. 5. Metropolitan Store; street scenes. 6. Oak Bay Village. 7. Johnson Street Bridge. 8. Chinese hospital. 9. Coastal scenes. 10. E&N Railway 90th anniversary (1888-1978); train, station, engineer, conductor, etc. 11. Airport -- Air Canada counter. 12. Old Carnegie Library building. 13. Church interior -- Stations of the Cross. 14. St. Anne's Academy -- development plans. 15. Chinatown scenes. 16. Artist's drawing of gate; chart on wall, ending at June 28, 1981. 17. Undeveloped city land [ at St. Anne's?]. 18. Construction site. 19. Sewage outfall; protest banner; Clover Point. 20. Wrecking ball on the waterfront. 21. Office building and mall nearing completion. 22. Refinishing plaster work and gilt finish. Crystal Garden renovation. 23. Construction site. 24. Old building being renovated -- construction scenes.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The McNeill property in South Oak Bay RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1981-08-24 SUMMARY: David Scholes comments on the McNeill property in Oak Bay.;

News item. School for children with mental disabilities. Teacher explains how the classes are run. Short footage of a student doing woodwork.

Shows streets, scenic drive routes and points of interest.

Shows streets and surveyed lots in Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich and Victoria

Shows roads, streets and parks. Components: Street map of Greater Victoria. Scale [ca. 1:30 800] -- Street map of Saanich Peninsula.

News item. Close-up shots of Haida being fed and scratched on the back by a Sealand keeper. Interview with a female keeper who is looking after two orphaned seal pups, both less than a month old. Shots of them receiving lots of attention.

News item. A girls choir sings to Haida the killer whale, who responds with whale songs.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The Honourable Mr. Justice Joseph B. Clearihue recounts the 1859 arrival in British Columbia of his father, Joseph Clearihue; his businesses; early days in Victoria; teachers; Arthur Currie; May 24 celebrations; streetcars; Cattle Point slaughter house; Indians. He talks about the Chinese residents; Chinese New Year; funerals; vegetable sellers; selling fish; Todd's Cannery; opium; Chinese workers and workers returning to China in bonded cars through Canada. He recalls horse racing at Beacon Hill Park; outstanding teachers; George Jay; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Esson Young; Agnes Deans Cameron; Victoria following World War I; and Shelbourne Street. TRACK 2: Joseph Clearihue speaks about the boom days prior to World War I; land development; the Uplands residential district; industries in Victoria; the origins of the University of Victoria; Victoria College; speculation as to the growth; future and qualities of this university, and its relationship to the University of British Columbia.

News item. Shots of Miracle the killer whale being treated at Sealand for injuries (possibly from a boat's propeller blade). Veterinarian (?) says her chances of pulling through are "better than one to a hundred . . . . She is starting to turn the corner."

News item. One of the keepers at Sealand says Miracle is showing definite improvement from her internal injuries. He feels that the cuts and marks on her back may indicate that she was lured to a motor boat with food. Consequently, it would be unwise to release her when she recovers. Also, her pod might reject her after her long absence.

CALL NUMBER: T0800:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In this interview, three sisters -- Mrs. Mabel Davis, Miss Bea Hamilton and Miss Ina Hamilton -- recall growing up on Saltspring Island. Mrs. Davis begins by describing the family's move to; Fulford Harbour; Saltspring Island in 1897; the trip and the new landscape. Her memories include the Indians fishing and bird hunting; the forest; rumrunners in the 1920s; the arrival of the CP navigation boat at Fulford Harbour; dockside politics; boats. Her father, William J.L. Hamilton, introduced broom to the island. She tells of his Irish background; his twelve children; his arrival in British Columbia. The Hamilton family settled in Oak Bay, Vancouver Island, during the 1890s. She discusses this community, as well as: incidents concerning the Bowker's bull; the island social life; Fulford Harbour; and an incident with a cougar. TRACK 2: This portion of the interview begins with reminiscences by Miss Ina Hamilton and anecdotes about Fulford Harbour. Miss Bea Hamilton continue;s the interview with recollections of her deaf siblings; growing up and politeness; Kanakas (Hawaiians) including William Norkin; social life and domestic details; cordial relations with the Indians; ;hotels in Fulford Harbour; collecting the mail on Billy, a horse; her childhood; more information on the Kanakas who settled in the area; the Catholic Church in Fulford, built about 1880; St. Mary's Anglican Church; Reverend Austin Wilson.;

CALL NUMBER: T0800:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Bea Hamilton continues this tape with an anecdote about Reverend Austin Wilson. Early Saltspring settlers are discussed, including the Shaw family; Henry Wright Bullock; the Fullers; the Wilsons; the Akerman family; and the Maxwell family. Mrs. Davis recalls more on the early settlers; Kanakas; roads on Salt Spring and the dangers of early trave; the Ruckle family; Mr. Bullock; manners; social life and customs; dances and other social events. Miss Bea Hamilton discusses the Kanakas; the naming of the Hamilton house "Dromore"; and a journey to Victoria or Sidney. [TRACK 2: blank.]